Wernicke, Brian P.

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• Price, Jason B. and Wernicke, Brian P. (2021) Plate Tectonics and the Alpine Orogeny: Implications of Thermometric and Kinematic Analyses of the Upper and Lower Boundaries of the Pennine Zone in the Central Alps; Journal of Geology; Vol. 129; No. 5; 499-531; 10.1086/716497
• Hassanzadeh, Jamshid and Wernicke, Brian P. (2020) Comment on "Neotethyan subduction ignited the Iran arc and back-arc differently" by Shafaii Moghadam et al. (2020)
• Sabbeth, Leah and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2019) Grand Canyon provenance for orthoquartzite clasts in the lower Miocene of coastal southern California; Geosphere; Vol. 15; No. 6; 1973-1998; 10.1130/ges02111.1
• Witkosky, Rebecca and Wernicke, Brian P. (2018) Subsidence history of the Ediacaran Johnnie Formation and related strata of southwest Laurentia: Implications for the age and duration of the Shuram isotopic excursion and animal evolution; Geosphere; Vol. 14; No. 5; 2245-2276; 10.1130/GES01678.1
• Swanson, E. M. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2018) Fluid Flow, Brecciation, and Shear Heating on Faults: Insights from Carbonate Clumped-Isotope Thermometry; Tectonics; Vol. 37; No. 9; 2938-2960; 10.1029/2018TC004984
• Knott, Jeffrey R. and Machette, Michael N., et el. (2018) Late Neogene−Quaternary tephrochronology, stratigraphy, and paleoclimate of Death Valley, California, USA; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 130; No. 7-8; 1231-1255; 10.1130/B31690.1
• Giallorenzo, M. A. and Wells, M. L., et el. (2018) Timing of exhumation, Wheeler Pass thrust sheet, southern Nevada and California: Late Jurassic to middle Cretaceous evolution of the southern Sevier fold-and-thrust belt; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 130; No. 3-4; 558-579; 10.1130/B31777.1
• Price, Jason B. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2018) Thermochronometry across the Austroalpine-Pennine boundary, Central Alps, Switzerland: Orogen-perpendicular normal fault slip on a major 'overthrust' and its implications for orogenesis; Tectonics; Vol. 37; No. 3; 724-757; 10.1002/2017TC004619
• Swanson, E. and Wernicke, B. P. (2017) Geologic map of the east-central Meadow Valley Mountains, and implications for reconstruction of the Mormon Peak detachment, Nevada; Geosphere; Vol. 13; No. 4; 1234-1253; 10.1130/GES01148.1
• Pérouse, Eugénie and Wernicke, Brian P. (2017) Spatiotemporal evolution of fault slip rates in deforming continents: The case of the Great Basin region, northern Basin and Range province; Geosphere; Vol. 13; No. 1; 112-135; 10.1130/GES01295.1
• Hassanzadeh, Jamshid and Wernicke, Brian P. (2016) The Neotethyan Sanandaj-Sirjan zone of Iran as an archetype for passive margin-arc transitions; Tectonics; Vol. 35; No. 3; 586-621; 10.1002/2015TC003926
• Swanson, Erika and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2016) Episodic Dissolution, Precipitation, and Slip along the Heart Mountain Detachment, Wyoming; Journal of Geology; Vol. 124; No. 1; 75-97; 10.1086/684253
• Petterson, R. and Prave, A. R., et el. (2013) The Neoproterozoic Noonday Formation, Death Valley region, California: Reply; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 125; No. 1-2; 252-255; 10.1130/B30700.1
• Wernicke, Brian (2012) Aerial extent of the coastal drainage system in the wake of the Laramide collapse of the California Arc; Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America; Vol. 44; No. 7; 490
• Davis, James L. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2012) On seasonal signals in geodetic time series; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 117; Art. No. B01403; 10.1029/2011JB008690
• Swanson, Erika M. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2012) Temperatures and fluids on faults based on carbonate clumped–isotope thermometry; American Journal of Science; Vol. 312; No. 1; 1-21; 10.2475/01.2012.01
• Huntington, Katharine W. and Budd, David A., et el. (2011) Use of Clumped-Isotope Thermometry To Constrain the Crystallization Temperature of Diagenetic Calcite; Journal of Sedimentary Research; Vol. 81; No. 9-10; 656-669; 10.2110/jsr.2011.51
• Petterson, R. and Prave, A. R., et el. (2011) The Neoproterozoic Noonday Formation, Death Valley region, California; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 123; No. 7-8; 1317-1336; 10.1130/B30281.1
• Verdel, Charles and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2011) The Shuram and subsequent Ediacaran carbon isotope excursions from southwest Laurentia, and implications for environmental stability during the metazoan radiation; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 123; No. 7-8; 1539-1559; 10.1130/B30369.1
• Wernicke, Brian (2011) The California River and its role in carving Grand Canyon; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 123; No. 7-8; 1288-1316; 10.1130/B30274.1
• Verdel, Charles and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2011) A Paleogene extensional arc flare-up in Iran; Tectonics; Vol. 30; Art. No. TC3008; 10.1029/2010TC002809
• Snell, Kathryn E. and Thompson, Jeffrey, et el. (2011) Hot summers in the Western United States during the Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic; Mineralogical Magazine; Vol. 75; No. 3; 1901-1901
• Copley, Alex and Avouac, Jean-Philippe, et el. (2011) Evidence for mechanical coupling and strong Indian lower crust beneath southern Tibet; Nature; Vol. 472; No. 7341; 79-81; 10.1038/nature09926
• Wernicke, Brian and Davis, James L. (2010) Detecting Large-scale Intracontinental Slow-slip Events (SSEs) Using Geodograms; Seismological Research Letters; Vol. 81; No. 5; 694-698; 10.1785/gssrl.81.5.694
• Huntington, K. W. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2010) Influence of climate change and uplift on Colorado Plateau paleotemperatures from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry; Tectonics; Vol. 29; Art. No. TC3005; 10.1029/2009TC002449
• Mahan, K. H. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2010) Th–U–total Pb geochronology of authigenic monazite in the Adelaide rift complex, South Australia, and implications for the age of the type Sturtian and Marinoan glacial deposits; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 289; No. 1-2; 76-86; 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.031
• Mahan, K. H. and Guest, B., et el. (2009) Low-temperature thermochronologic constraints on the kinematic history and spatial extent of the Eastern California shear zone; Geosphere; Vol. 5; No. 6; 483-495; 10.1130/GES00226.1
• Hill, Emma M. and Davis, James L., et el. (2009) Characterization of site-specific GPS errors using a short-baseline network of braced monuments at Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 114; Art. No. B11402; 10.1029/2008JB006027
• Christie-Blick, Nicholas and Anders, Mark H., et el. (2009) Testing the Extensional Detachment Paradigm: A Borehole Observatory in the Sevier Desert Basin; Scientific Drilling; Vol. 8; 57-59; 10.2204/iodp.sd.8.09.2009
• Wernicke, B. (2009) The detachment era (1977–1982) and its role in revolutionizing continental tectonics; ISBN 978-1-86239-284-7; Extending a continent : architecture, rheology and heat budget; 1-8; 10.1144/SP321.1
• Wernicke, Brian and Davis, James L., et el. (2008) Active megadetachment beneath the western United States; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 113; No. B11; B11409; 10.1029/2007JB005375
• Huntington, Katharine W. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2008) Temperature and timing of diagenesis from carbonate clumped isotope thermometry and thermochronology; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 72; No. 12; A403; 10.1016/j.gca.2008.05.011
• Flowers, R. M. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2008) Unroofing, incision, and uplift history of the southwestern Colorado Plateau from apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 120; No. 5-6; 571-587; 10.1130/B26231.1
• Guest, Bernard and Niemi, Nathan, et el. (2007) Stateline fault system: A new component of the Miocene-Quaternary Eastern California shear zone; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 119; No. 11-12; 1337-1346; 10.1130/0016-7606(2007)119[1337:SFSANC]2.0.CO;2
• Flowers, R. M. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2007) (U-Th)/He apatite constraints on the erosional history of the southwestern Colorado Plateau and implications for Early Tertiary uplift and carving of a "Proto-Grand Canyon"; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 71; No. 15; A287; 10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.015
• Huntington, Katharine and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (2007) Paleoaltimetry from "clumped" ^(13)C-^(18)O bonds in carbonates, Colorado Plateau; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 71; No. 15; A426; 10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.017
• Verdel, Charles and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2007) Geology and thermochronology of Tertiary Cordilleran-style metamorphic core complexes in the Saghand region of central Iran; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 119; No. 7-8; 961-977; 10.1130/B26102.1
• Frankel, Kurt L. and Brantley, Katherine S., et el. (2007) Cosmogenic ^(10)Be and ^(36)Cl geochronology of offset alluvial fans along the northern Death Valley fault zone: Implications for transient strain in the eastern California shear zone; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 112; No. B6; Art. No. B06407; 10.1029/2006JB004350
• Flowers, R. M. and Shuster, D. L., et el. (2007) Radiation damage control on apatite (U-Th)/He dates from the Grand Canyon region, Colorado Plateau; Geology; Vol. 35; No. 5; 447-450; 10.1130/G23471A.1
• Flowers, R. M. and Shuster, D. L., et el. (2006) Evidence for radiation damage control on apatite He ages from the Grand Canyon region, Colorado Plateau; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Vol. 70; No. 18; A178; 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.358
• Davis, J. L. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2006) Subcontinental-scale crustal velocity changes along the Pacific–North America plate boundary; Nature; Vol. 441; No. 7097; 1131-1134; 10.1038/nature04781
• McQuarrie, Nadine and Wernicke, Brian P. (2005) An animated tectonic reconstruction of southwestern North America since 36 Ma; Geosphere; Vol. 1; No. 3; 147-172; 10.1130/GES00016.1
• Wernicke, Brian and Davis, James L., et el. (2004) Tectonic implications of a dense continuous GPS velocity field at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 109; No. B12; Art. No. B12404; 10.1029/2003JB002832
• Niemi, Nathan A. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2004) BARGEN continuous GPS data across the eastern Basin and Range province, and implications for fault system dynamics; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 159; No. 3; 842-862; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02454.x
• Smith, Kenneth D. and von Seggern, David, et el. (2004) Evidence for Deep Magma Injection Beneath Lake Tahoe, Nevada-California; Science; Vol. 305; No. 5688; 1277-1280; 10.1126/science.1101304
• Friedrich, A. M. and Lee, J., et el. (2004) Geologic context of geodetic data across a Basin and Range normal fault, Crescent Valley, Nevada; Tectonics; Vol. 23; No. 2; Art. No. TC2015; 10.1029/2003TC001528
• McQuarrie, N. and Stock, J. M., et el. (2003) Cenozoic evolution of Neotethys and implications for the causes of plate motions; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 30; No. 20; Art. No. 2036; 10.1029/2003GL017992
• Park, Stephen K. and Wernicke, Brian (2003) Electrical conductivity images of Quaternary faults and Tertiary detachments in the California Basin and Range; Tectonics; Vol. 22; No. 4; Art. No. 1030; 10.1029/2001TC001324
• Friedrich, Anke M. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2003) Comparison of geodetic and geologic data from the Wasatch region, Utah, and implications for the spectral character of Earth deformation at periods of 10 to 10 million years; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 108; No. B4; Art. No. 2199; 10.1029/2001JB000682
• Bennett, R. A. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (2003) Contemporary strain rates in the northern Basin and Range province from GPS data; Tectonics; Vol. 22; No. 2; Art. No. 1008; 10.1029/2001TC001355
• Davis, J. L. and Bennett, R. A., et el. (2003) Assessment of GPS velocity accuracy for the Basin and Range Geodetic Network (BARGEN); Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 30; No. 7; Art. No. 1411; 10.1029/2003GL016961
• Elósegui, P. and Davis, J. L., et el. (2003) Crustal loading near Great Salt Lake, Utah; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 30; No. 3; Art. No. 1111; 10.1029/2002GL016579
• Petronis, Michael S. and Geissman, John W., et el. (2002) Assessing vertical axis rotations in large-magnitude extensional settings: A transect across the Death Valley extended terrane, California; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 107; No. B1; Art. No. 2010; 10.1029/2001JB000239
• Brady, Robert J. and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (2002) Discussion and reply: Kinematic evolution of a large-offset continental normal fault system, South Virgin Mountains, Nevada; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 114; No. 1; 126-128; 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0126:R>2.0.CO;2
• Niemi, Nathan A. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2001) Distribution and provenance of the middle Miocene Eagle Mountain Formation, and implications for regional kinematic analysis of the Basin and Range province; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 113; No. 4; 419-442; 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0419:DAPOTM>2.0.CO;2
• House, Martha A. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2001) Paleo-Geomorphology of the Sierra Nevada, California, from (U-TH)/He Ages in Apatite; American Journal of Science; Vol. 301; No. 2; 77-102; 10.2475/ajs.301.2.77
• Wernicke, Brian and Friedrich, Anke M., et el. (2000) Dynamics of Plate Boundary Fault Systems from Basin and Range Geodetic Network (BARGEN) and Geologic Data; GSA Today; Vol. 10; No. 11; 1-7
• Snow, J. Kent and Wernicke, Brian P. (2000) Cenozoic tectonism in the central Basin and Range; magnitude, rate, and distribution of upper crustal strain; American Journal of Science; Vol. 300; No. 9; 659-719; 10.2475/ajs.300.9.659
• Brady, Robert and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (2000) Results of the Basin and Range Geoscientific Experiment (BARGE): A marine-style seismic reflection survey across the eastern boundary of the central Basin and Range Province; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Vol. 1; No. 9; 2000GC000078; 10.1029/2000GC000078
• Brady, Robert and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (2000) Kinematic evolution of a large-offset continental normal fault system, South Virgin Mountains, Nevada; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 112; No. 9; 1375-1397; 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1375:KEOALO>2.0.CO;2
• Reiners, Peter W. and Brady, Robert, et el. (2000) Helium and argon thermochronometry of the Gold Butte block, south Virgin Mountains, Nevada; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 178; No. 3-4; 315-326; 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00080-7
• Brady, Robert J. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (2000) Reconstruction of Basin and Range extension and westward motion of the Sierra Nevada Block; ISBN 9780813700021; Great Basin and Sierra Nevada; 75-96; 10.1130/0-8137-0002-7.75
• Bennett, R. A. and Davis, J. L., et el. (1999) Present-day pattern of Cordilleran deformation in the western United States; Geology; Vol. 27; No. 4; 371-374; 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0371:PDPOCD>2.3.CO;2
• Lewis, Claudia J. and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (1999) Deep burial of the footwall of the northern Snake Range decollement, Nevada; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 111; No. 1; 39-51; 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0039:DBOTFO>2.3.CO;2
• Wernicke, Brian and Spencer, Jon (1999) Retrospective on "Low-angle (denudation) faults, hinterland of the Sevier orogenic belt, eastern Nevada and western Utah" by Richard Lee Armstrong; ISBN 9780813723389; Classic Cordilleran Concepts: A View from California; 357-362; 10.1130/0-8137-2338-8.357
• Niemi, N. A. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (1999) Magnitude and Timing of Extreme Continental Extension, Central Death Valley Region, California
• Wernicke, Brian (1999) Tectonic Evolution of the Death Valley Region
• Savage, J. C. and Connor, C. B., et el. (1998) Detecting Strain in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada; Science; Vol. 282; No. 5391; 1007; 10.1126/science.282.5391.1007b
• House, Martha A. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (1998) Dating topography of the Sierra Nevada, California, using apatite (U–Th)/He ages; Nature; Vol. 396; No. 6706; 66-69; 10.1038/23926
• Wernicke, Brian and Snow, J. Kent (1998) Cenozoic Tectonism in the Central Basin and Range: Motion of the Sierran-Great Valley Block; International Geology Review; Vol. 40; No. 5; 403-410; 10.1080/00206819809465217
• Wernicke, Brian and Davis, James L., et el. (1998) Anomalous Strain Accumulation in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada; Science; Vol. 279; No. 5359; 2096-2100; 10.1126/science.279.5359.2096
• Bennett, R. A. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (1998) Continuous GPS measurements of contemporary deformation across the northern Basin and Range province; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 25; No. 4; 563-566; 10.1029/98GL00128
• Wernicke, Brian and Snow, J. Kent (1998) Cenozoic Tectonism in the Central Basin and Range: Motion of the Sierran-Great Valley Block; ISBN 9780966586909; Integrated earth and environmental evolution of the southwestern United States; 111-118
• Bennett, R. A. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (1997) Global Positioning System constraints on fault slip rates in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 24; No. 23; 3073-3076; 10.1029/97GL02951
• House, M. A. and Wernicke, B. P., et el. (1997) Cenozoic thermal evolution of the central Sierra Nevada, California, from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 151; No. 3-4; 167-179; 10.1016/S0012-821X(97)81846-8
• Wernicke, Brian and Getty, Stephen R. (1997) Intracrustal subduction and gravity currents in the deep crust: Sm-Nd, Ar-Ar, and thermobarometric constraints from the Skagit Gneiss Complex, Washington; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 109; No. 9; 1149-1166; 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1149:ISAGCI>2.3.CO;2
• Dickinson, William R. and Wernicke, Brian P. (1997) Reconciliation of San Andreas slip discrepancy by a combination of interior Basin and Range extension and transrotation near the coast; Geology; Vol. 25; No. 7; 663-665; 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0663:ROSASD>2.3.CO;2
• Fliedner, Moritz M. and Ruppert, Stanley, et el. (1996) Three-dimensional crustal structure of the southern Sierra Nevada from seismic fan profiles and gravity modeling; Geology; Vol. 24; No. 4; 367-370; 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0367:TDCSOT>2.3.CO;2
• Wernicke, Brian and Clayton, Robert, et el. (1996) Origin of High Mountains in the Continents: The Southern Sierra Nevada; Science; Vol. 271; No. 5246; 190-193; 10.1126/science.271.5246.190
• Wernicke, Brian (1995) Low-angle normal faults and seismicity: A review; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 100; No. B10; 20159-20174; 10.1029/95JB01911
• Sieh, Kerry and Jones, Lucile, et el. (1993) Near-Field Investigations of the Landers Earthquake Sequence, April to July 1992; Science; Vol. 260; No. 5105; 171-176; 10.1126/science.260.5105.171
• Stone, Paul and Stevens, Calvin H., et el. (1993) Large-magnitude Permian shortening and continental-margin tectonics in the southern Cordillera: Discussion and reply; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 105; No. 2; 280-283; 10.1130/0016-7606(1993)105<0279:LMPSAC>2.3.CO;2
• Kruse, Sarah and McNutt, Marcia, et el. (1991) Lithospheric Extension Near Lake Mead, Nevada: A Model for Ductile Flow in the Lower Crust; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 96; No. B3; 4435-4456; 10.1029/90JB02621
• Axen, Gary J. and Wernicke, Brian P., et el. (1990) Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the Sevier thrust belt in the Virgin River Valley area, southern Nevada; ISBN 9780813711768; Basin and Range Extensional Tectonics Near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada; 123-154; 10.1130/mem176-p123
• McGroder, Michael F. and Umhoefer, Paul J., et el. (1989) Comment and Reply on "Escape hypothesis for the Stikine block"; Geology; Vol. 17; No. 12; 1162-1163; 10.1130/0091-7613(1989)017<1161:CAROEH>2.3.CO;2
• Wernicke, Brian and Axen, Gary J., et el. (1988) Basin and Range extensional tectonics at the latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada; Geological Society of America Bulletin; Vol. 100; No. 11; 1738-1757; 10.1130/0016-7606(1988)100%3C1738:BARETA%3E2.3.CO;2
• Wernicke, Brian and Klepacki, David W. (1988) Escape hypothesis for the Stikine block; Geology; Vol. 16; No. 5; 461-464; 10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016<0461:EHFTSB>2.3.CO;2
• Wernicke, B. P. and Christiansen, R. L., et el. (1987) Tectonomagmatic evolution of Cenozoic extension in the North American Cordillera; ISBN 9780632016051; Continental extensional tectonics; 203-221
• Wernicke, Brian and Walker, J. Douglas, et el. (1985) Structural discordance between neogene detachments and frontal Sevier thrusts, central Mormon Mountains, southern Nevada; Tectonics; Vol. 4; No. 2; 213-246; 10.1029/TC004i002p00213
• Wernicke, Brian (1985) Uniform-sense normal simple shear of the continental lithosphere; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; Vol. 22; No. 1; 108-125; 10.1139/e85-009
• Royse, Frank and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (1983) Comment and Reply on 'Magnitude of crustal extension in the southern Great Basin'; Geology; Vol. 11; No. 8; 496-497; 10.1130/0091-7613(1983)11<496:CAROMO>2.0.CO;2
• Burchfiel, B. Clark and Wernicke, Brian, et el. (1982) A new type of decollement thrusting; Nature; Vol. 300; No. 5892; 513-515; 10.1038/300513a0
• Wernicke, Brian and Spencer, Jon E., et el. (1982) Magnitude of crustal extension in the southern Great Basin; Geology; Vol. 10; No. 10; 499-502; 10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<499:MOCEIT>2.0.CO;2
• Wernicke, Brian (1982) Comment and Reply on 'Mesozoic evolution, hinterland of the Sevier orogenic belt' (Comment); Geology; Vol. 10; No. 1; 3-5; 10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<3:CAROME>2.0.CO;2
• Wernicke, Brian and Burchfiel, B. C. (1982) Modes of extensional tectonics; Journal of Structural Geology; Vol. 4; No. 2; 105-115; 10.1016/0191-8141(82)90021-9
• Wernicke, Brian (1981) Low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range Province: nappe tectonics in an extending orogen; Nature; Vol. 291; No. 5817; 645-648; 10.1038/291645a0